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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Shannon, your leadership and energy and smarts have brought CBW far forward. All of us who’ve been on Exec or who’ve been co-chairs know that it takes hard
work to make progress; basic writing, as a field, combines a mission of the highest academic importance with a set of constituencies—its students and frequently its teachers—who are too often an academic underclass. The work you have done has made real change,
contributing to real progress in our efforts toward a more comprehensive intersection of literacy, respect, and power in our communities. (The visibility of Basic Writing in the CCCC2012 program and CCCC2013 cfp are just a couple of examples.) Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu [mailto:cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Shannon Carter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 14, 2012 12:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CBW_Exec] Stepping Down (CBW)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Friends--<br>
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It is with both deep regret and pride that I announce my intention to step down from the CBW Executive Board, a position I have held since 2006 (Co-Chair 2008-2011). I regret leaving but the CBW I must leave has me bursting with pride.<br>
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Serving this organization these last few years has one of the highlights of my professional life. It was an honor to be asked to join and has been an inspiration to watch it grow. Working alongside each of you these last few years has been some of the most
rewarding work I've ever done.<br>
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Last year's workshop, the mission statement that developed from it, and the BW resolution . . . well, I can't imagine a more exciting way to end my final year as CBW Co-Chair. The Featured Panel that followed was absolutely unexpected. The revival of the BW
cluster beyond amazing.<br>
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And just when I thought it couldn't get more exciting, I read the CFP for CCCC 2013:
<a href="http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Groups/CCCC/Convention/2013/4C_2013CP_120121.pdf">
http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Groups/CCCC/Convention/2013/4C_2013CP_120121.pdf</a><br>
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My friends, you won't believe this: BASIC WRITING IS ALL OVER THIS! By NAME!<br>
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I never thought I'd see it. And now I have.<br>
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The future looks bright for BW, brighter than I ever expected. It has been an honor to serve alongside each and every one of you. It will be an honor to watch what happens next for this vital organization. As my work has taken turn into other areas in recent
years and I find my CCCC dance card increasingly crowded by other obligations (CCCC Undergraduate Research Committee, Writing Democracy workshop, etc), it makes good sense for me to step aside and offer up my chair to some of the amazing group of nominees
coming forward through the various channels you've prepared for them. I'm humbled. I'm honored. I'm smitten.<br>
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Thanks to all of you for everything you've done, and continue to do, for basic writing and students called basic writers.<br>
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In admiration,<br>
Shannon<br>
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Shannon Carter, PhD<br>
Associate Professor of English<br>
Texas A&M-Commerce<br>
<a href="http://www.shannoncarter.info">http://www.shannoncarter.info</a></span> <o:p>
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